France

According to French linguist Bernard Cerquiglini, the two languages are much more similar than we think

In a new book by a best-selling French author, ancient onlookers watch a family come to terms with a disabled child

In a subterranean game of cat and mouse beneath the streets of the French capital, cataflics hunt cataphiles in the city’s prohibited labyrinths

Every summer, the locals of Arnage near Le Mans look on in bemusement as Brits descend on the village in search of booze

The enormous Future Circular Collider is set to replace the Large Hadron Collider by the end of the century. But do we really need it?

French actor Judith Godrèche’s allegations of rape and abuse by star directors have opened up a second wave of #MeToo in France

No other writer has captured the singular beauty of the northern French coast like Rebecca Gisler in her debut novel

Rothko’s Seagram murals come to Paris

PM Attal is using Britain’s struggles as a weapon against Le Pen in his EU election campaign

The guardians of the French countryside are posing a headache for the very new, very young PM

In a bold reinvention, Sam Spade, the hardboiled San Francisco private eye made famous by Bogart, surfaces in 1960s France

The farmer blockades show that Emmanuel Macron and the City of Light must put on a winning show this summer for a deeply divided country

A thawing ice rink, frosty relations between some competitors and a distinct lack of fans couldn’t stop the success of Chamonix 1924

Reading is not the preferred choice of recreation for France’s youth

French Resistance spy Boulle took up writing almost on a whim – then created the basis for two all-time classic films

Has Macron just chosen his successor?

The latest eccentricity in the city on the Loire is the perfect illustration of its unofficial motto

As good as a fruit galette is, nothing rivals a galette des rois

After the battle comes the reckoning – even for the winners

So emblematic of the city’s spirit did she become that Mistinguett seemed timeless even in her own lifetime

With meticulous attention to food and how it is prepared, the film’s plot embraces simplicity

At the age of 75, synthesiser pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre is back with two new projects and a determination to innovate and disrupt

Dumas’s swashbuckling classic has been filmed 50 times – but the French haven’t tried since the 1960s. Until now...

I’m happy to come from a family where all we need to have a great time is some grilled meat, a few cans of cheap beer and each other’s company

Young farmers are bringing the distilling business back into fashion

There are many interpretations of its meaning. Are we witness to a dark memory, a sexual desire or a surrealist Pinocchio?

The social media site is a mess. The Mayor of Paris has just left it, and as more high profile individuals leave, it will fade into irrelevance

A journey on the Paris Métro can be a kaleidoscope of cultures, stories and impromptu musical performances

Colour photography pioneer Ernst Haas created a new iconography for the city by blurring the space between art and photojournalism

There was no other with his extraordinary improvising in the medium

Ridley Scott’s epic didn’t exactly win over viewers in France

Malle’s unique approach to cinema meant he was always on the hunt for ways to freshen things up, no matter the risk